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ALEXR. D. FARREIJL, '0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER FAR- nnLL, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, cabinet-maker, have inventedand made and applied to use certainv new and useful improvements in theconstruction of the common sofa-bedsteads, by the application of partsintended to make such bedsteads more secure in use, for whichimprovements I seek Letters Patent of the United States, and that thesaid improvements and the means of constructing and using the same arefully and substantially set forth and shown in the following descriptionand in the drawings anneXed kto and making a part of this specification,wherein- Figure l is an elevation of a sofa back with my improvementsattached thereto and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Both thesefigures represent the sofa as in com mon use while Fig. 3 is an endwiseelevation of the same, with the back let down to form an open bedstead,the same letters as marks of reference applying to the same parts in allthe igures, and a, abeing the standing legs and b, the back rail of thesofa bottom, the uprights (Z, of the back are hinge jointed at c t-o theback legs a, which are reduced to allow the uprights Z to set iush whenup and a pair of spring catches hold the back up in place and all theseparts being made and iitted in any common and usual manner.

An auxiliary rail e, is to be hinged or jointed at i 1n any convenientmanner to the outside of the back of the sofa, and has two drop legs f,f fitted on the ends.` Inside of these legs f, f, a joint or hinge 0,see Fig. 3, connects each leg f, to one end of a spreader piece L. Theother end of each of these spreaders is hinged or jointed at u, to theback rail b, of the sofa so that when the back 1s let'do-wn to form anopen or double bedstead the two spreader pieces 7L, fix the position ofthe two drop legs f, f, as shown in Fig. 3, and retain them safely sothat the back canno-t fall below a horizontal line, and if it bedesirable to addcasters to the drop legs f f, as well as to the standinglegs of the sofa, the whole may be then conveniently moved without anecessity for raising the back when so doing.

I do not claim to have invented any of the parts herein described whentaken separately from this arrangement, my whole claim for novelty andusefulness being limited to the application of the spreader pieces 7L tothe purpose of preserving the proper position of the drop legs f f, whenin use, by the connection they form between the legs f f and the bottomback rail b of the sofa.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the city ofNew York, and l in the presence of the witnesses subscribing hereto thistwenty fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

A. D. FARRELL. [L s] Witnesses:

IV. SERRELL, EDWARD W. SERRELL.

